A tragedy in Opelousas Wednesday morning makes for three fire fatalities in Louisiana in the new year, prompting the State Fire Marshal to encourage everyone to check their smoke alarms and be prepared for the worst.
The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office recently received a grant from FEMA to support its “Operation Save-A-Life” program. The grant helped provide the state’s program with over 15,000 smoke alarms.
“Smoke alarms are critical to getting people out of homes quickly and without being harmed,” Ashley Rodrigue with the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office said. “And that’s because those sensors can pick up on the particles of smoke much quicker than our noses, our eyes can do.”
“Operation Save-A-Life” allows the state and partnering fire departments to install fire alarms in homes for free.